The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-27 00:00:00

IIONEy MARKET AND COM=ILCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, A rather better demand prevails to-day for money, but as the supplies of capital axe very abundant, no material alteration hes taken place in the rates charged for the best bills. There were no bullion operations at the Bank yesterday. No material change occurred in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £312,280, and the exports to £514,600. An important purchase has just been completed through Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson,M'Kenna, and Co., Financial Agents of London and Manchester. The agreement has been signed for the transfer of the iron and coal works and properties of -Messrs. Bolckow and Vaughan, at Middleborough,iWilton. Park, Eaton, White Lee, Woodfield, Skeldon, West Auckland, and other places in Yorkshire and Durham. Upwards of nine thousand persons are employed at the various works. The whole of the properties and stock are taken by valuation. The estimated total purchase money will amount to about £1,500,000. The capital of the new com pany has been fixed at £2,500,000 in 25,000 shares of £lOO each. The vendors take £400,000 of the capital in 8,000 shares with £5O paid up, and agree that no dividend shall be paid on Such shares, unless' an average dividend equal to 108 per annum for five years be paid to all the other shareholders. A deposit of £20,000 has been paid, and a further sum of £230,000 will be paid in January next, when possession will be given to the new company. The remainder of the capital will be subscribed privately, three.fourthe of it being already taken. The gentlemen who are concerned in the negotiation of this purchase, and who will be requested to act as provisional directors, are Messrs Benjamin Whitworth, John Cheatham, Alderman Pochin, James Holden, and George Wood. a'wo o'CLocK, At Paris this day, accnrding to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 661, 35e. Firm. There is a continuance of the recent dulness in the Stock Exchange, and the Funds appear to be the wily security most affected. The daily opera tions in Consols are of such a trivial character as to fail, in the absence of investors, to influence prices More than 1-16 per cent. at a time, and such move- Meats as these are very seldom reported. Consols are now 881 891 for money, and 891 1 for the account. The New Threes are 881 1, and the Reduced Annuities 881 s ; Exchequer Bills, 20s. to 15s. dis. ; and India 5 per Cents., 1031 104. In the Foreign Market there is also very little ba siness, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691 708 ; do. Consolides; 501 1 ; Mexican, 281 I ; do. New, 251 261; Greek, 231 d ; 8 2anish Passive, 301 318; do. Certificates, 131 1 ; Portuguese, 471 ; and the Confederate Loan, 77-178. In the Railway Share Market the operations hays been on a very limited scale, and prices have not varied to any important extent. Lancashire and Yorkshire have declined I; Midland has improved 4; and South Eastern has receded In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there been no change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain dull, Without any quotable change as regards values. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 per Cent. Consols ~ Do Account, Aug. 8 4 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. Ne w 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 721 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — arch. June, Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 &31 per Cent. 15 20 Do 1;500 Do £lOO and £2OO .. — Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Do Account — INDIC.; GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2lO Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1570 l)o Account , Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 Do Certificates Do Account — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 41 pet Cent. .Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per cent — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .... Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — . - Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do BondsXl,ooo l5 Do under £l,OOO l7 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ii, „tistrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 13 razilian 5 per Cent ........ Do 41 per Cent., 1852-68-60 Do 1863 B uenos Ayres 6 per Cent — 'hilian 6 per Cent. — n 1) 0 41 pe r C en t C uba, 6 per Cent BO , üba, 6 per Cent. E 9 Do 5 per Ce n t. 1864 'Pador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — D anish Provisonal Land Warrant.. "anish 3 per Cent., 1825 1)0 4 per C en t, 1863 E gyptian 7 per Sent lO2l G Do, Second Issue - — ' , reek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — ,D,O Account 1 ,-Jo Coupons - —',_ G uatemala 5 per Cent. - It Do 18 and 1859 — nali an 5 p 39 er Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 14 exican 3 per Cent bo Account Do 1864.. Do F renc h S cr i p , E x . ... 20c.. Do 6 per Cent Anglo-French — die , i . ' pit to Scrip, £23 paid ;,;.I.oorish Imperial 5 per Cent " l e," Granada ..„ - li 0 2 per Cent. — Do Deferred ..- , Land Warrants (Hectares) — 41 0 Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — p o d , erUviaDn 41 per o Aug., 1866.. Cent • • --- Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) ,Do 41 per C en t., 1862 •• --- uo Account P ortugue se 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account • • Do 3 per Cent., 18b6, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. Do Account — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 1)o 5 per Cent, 1862 ...... Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £4O paid .• pm Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account Spanish 'Vanish 3 per Cent Do Account ...... Do New Deferred Do Account — Do Passive ........ k Do A ccou nt...... ;.."Panish Cert. of Coup not funded — $ Do Account ...... W .„edish, 4 per Cent. — T 'Jo Scrip, £6O paid — pin U rkieh 6 per Cent. 1854 — 0 Acc0unt.............. Do 6 per Cent. 1858 D e ........ ~, £lOO Bonds ...= ',Jo 6 per Cent. 1862 - Do Account .................... "0 £lOO Bonds ~ Do 1863: -. DO Guaranteed, 4 per C en t.. Venezuela 3 per Cent. ...... : 4-) 0 Account ....• , -Oo 6 por Cent., 1862 Do Account ri t 61 7t -uo Scrip .£45 paid , Dividends on the above pay a bl e in London ` x l.4tri an , 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. --- Del t ) 0 Account • .. b gian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f......... Mull 21 par Cent., .Ex. 12 Gull I t l , ) 0 4 per Cent. Certificates "Tan, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — p„-0 Account 661 t,,,`elloti Rentes, 2 per Cent 11. 1 11vi uu Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Itk luiontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 251 Ex. TWO O'CLOCK. C 0 P . 5 018 Money . B Bl 89 1 . °0 Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Rather firmer. Sales probably 5.000 bales. 40ps.--The first two pockets of new Sussex hops ° N5 wll by Mr William Kemsard, of Newick, arrived at 3~.ltet yesterday, consigned to Messrs. Pattenden and k % h, and were sold by them at £7 lOs per cwt. to Mr S. ' 4 0pkins, of Three Crown-square, Borough, and Vi or ter, share 100 dock stook stock etook stock stook stook stook stook stock stock SHARE MARKETS —This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCh.S. Share Railways. 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andnid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cora and Bandon Cornwall Do A A 0 s ets no di I Do. B I till (ipe.p an. has been paid to B. Dublin I Belfast June.! Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Jun;. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stook Ditto EastAnglian at GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern.. Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelano Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Y orkshire London and LI lackwa 1 I Lon., Brlght.4 S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Do I shares Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Slid Kent •••• Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiot Do, G.N.E. purohast Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle...... (North London .... 1t16.4 Do New ...... North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction . Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot Mid. stock.. Shrews. and Welohpool ;Shropshire Union 'South Devon .•• !South Eastern i 'South Wales i [S. York. and River Dun I ti taines,Wok.,and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186 C Taff Vale. ....—. Do B Do C Ulster Do 12.10 Do IVale of Neath !Victoria sta. and rim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Ilartlepool ilar.atEt. West Midland --Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford raid., Price. Business 86 f 8 ]2l& 1251 1251 5 6 7 32 34 16 17 89 91 112 114 47 48 131 133 146 148 131 133 90 92 981 601 1161 116; 66 68 10e (03 90 42 116 .216 Os to 65 46 113 47 f 146 k 2 1181 116 f 98 i 651 1121 113, 136 136; 113 L 36 i P BRITISH POSSE Railways Al!antic At St Lawrenet hom.,Barodaez.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New ....... Do. E. Shares... Banalo and Lake Duren Do. Prelerande Buffalo, Bran totG odrich 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187:. Do. do. July 1, 187, Do. do. J tole 1, 15?•i Clcut:A.ctS.Eastn.(Lin, Cape Town Dock Scri i Eastu. Bengal gu. 5 p. Last Indian. gu. 5 p. o. Do. do. U Ext...., ' Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred__ Do. 3d Pref. stook ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Ot.lnchaPenfn.gua.sp.o Do. kiew gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1882 .. Gt. South.of India (Urn guaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New .. •• • Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., sp. o. . Do. tip. c. Extension Dc. 44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. 3lelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. C. &lortg. Bds. Newßrunswtok Candu Class A and B. N.Rl.C'da6 pc lit pi bds, Scinde ,„ Do. Delhi... 1 Do. do .• • • r. 3 Do. Punjaub i Do. Do. , bL g Do. ludue.St. Flo.) 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 1 10( 2 ) 1 all . k.lOO Pajd. 100 106 108 541 654 254 264 105,E 106 64 66 93 94 126 129 i 14 75 76 104 11 125 130 89 41 57 59 35 17 871 88} 1 101 103 7 8 36 37 10}11}0 8 9 c 165 170 6 7 3 4 p 101 103 34 36 , SIONS. Closing, Price. 58 60 101 102 dis p 54 7 4 8 4 75 80 75 SO 75 89 97 93 94 96 102 104 101 102 191 194 zoi 19 21 71 73 60 63 65 67 55 57 48 54 43 (5 27 29 26 28 102 103 par ip 58 CO 2 5 82 84 LOCI 101} 094 lON id par 9J 100il 95 97 1011 I enak 100 092 100; COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 6 p.o.Ja *kJ uly - 1877-84 ..—........ 100 96 99 Do. ap. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 96 99 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 98 102 Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. 10C 84 86 Do. 5 1 nseribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G. Hope, I p 0,1873 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 10i !Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 105 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 104 107 -- N.B.Gov. 6 p.a. J a.&July 100 97 100 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p a., 18. A 100 96 98 Du. Gp. c.,18',1 to 187( 100 96 98 —. Do. d0.,1888 & upwde 100 96 98 98 —. New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 99 102 ;Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 101 104 ;S. Aus G 6 p.0.1873.8tup 100 10a 107 - Vici.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - , Do. lo 6 p.c. An.&Dot.. 100 109 110 1091 } - BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id Clifford Amalgamated 30 32 Devon G. Corns. (Tavist 1 580 590 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 67 69 East Clogau G cdd. Ltd. d East Caradon ..... 2.14.6 27 28 East Cain Brea.... . . 3.4.0 7} 71 E. 'W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.13.0 5 5} Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ; 581 5 7 Great South Tolgus 17s 2 2} G. Wheal VorOleiston 40 27 29 Grenville 6.16. t. 61 7} 8.12 88 40 ilingcton Downs 4.18.0 31 4} Lady Bertha Margaret (I.Jny Lelant, 9} 7 9 Marke Valley. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2} 1} d New Setun l9l 75 85 —• North Downs 3 1} 1/ N.Wh'l Basset(lllogan) 3.1.0 2 2i North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 3 3 1 Par Consols (St. Blakey ; Providenee(Uny Lelnt. ) 10.0.7 40 42 South Oaradon(St.Cleer, 1} 480 500 S. Carn Brea (Illogan).. - IS.Wheal Fran. (Illogan, 18.18.9 424 474 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 famar Sil v.& Lead Min - 'fin Crott 9 18} 19} West Basset (Illog - an) l} 84 9} W Ct radon (Liskeard) 9 9.1 le} West Soton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5} 92 95 Wheal BullerLEedruth) 10 18 20 Wheal Kitty ( .Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott ...... 3.5.8 1} 2 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 14 16 Wheal Seton . 58} 215 220 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 19 21 15'heal Union 4 1} 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, North Eastern, Stockton and Darling - ton, B 6 per cent.,. 321 Ditto, 6 per cent4C, 321 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4 4 1 per cent. pf., Ditto, new 5 per vent. pf, 7 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish,r.lB/ Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 36 San i'aulo (lim.). zua. 7 per cent., 10 Ditto, (all), ln FOREIGN MINES. Yudauamutana of S. Australia, lim., BANKS. Alliance (ltm.). Anglo Austrian, 71 Anglo-Italian, lim., Si Australasia, 741 3/ Bank of Egypt,.276 I Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 121 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 37 in Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 Continental, lim., 151 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 201 European Bank, lim., ln 14 Imperial Bank of china, lndia,'and Japan, lim., O 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 51 London and County, 731 4 Midland Bank (lim.), 201 tcinde, l'unjaub, and Deihl, Jim., 121 South Eastern, lim., 8} 9 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Consolidated Discount, lim., 7,1 Contract corporation, Inn.. ut Credit Fancier of Mauritius, lim„ 8} Credit Mobithr, 12k Egyptian Com. and Trading, Urn., St Electric Telegraph, Ics Fore-street Warehouse, lim., (12 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., C.; Humber Iron Woks, St Imperi,l Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., £if International Financial , ociety, lira., 9 i London Financial Association, lim., Ditto, new, 19 National Discount Company, lim., 14 131 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 804 West India and Pacific Steam, lint, 13 BARON MAROCTIETTI, it appoars, is now in Glas gow arranging the site of the Albert monument to be erected there. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.--W O are sorry to announce that his Grace the Duke of Newcastle ex perienced a slight re!apse on Friday last, but happily not of a natur e to seriously alarm his many friends. Ills Grace has since been gradually improving. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln arrived at Clumber on Saturday last. We under. stand preparations are making for the permanent residence at Clumber of the Hon. Lady Susan, widow of the late Lord Adolphus Vane. Tempest, and only daughter of the noble duke , —Zrottinghain Journal. [Ol THE SUN, LONDOIV, SATURDAY EVENING, ALTOUST 27, 1864. LAW INT This Day, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr Commissioner Fane was the commissioner of the day and sat in chambers, there being no cases in the list. IN RE PAUL BEDFORD. This gentleman, whose name is popular, applied a few days since for protection under a petition in bankruptcy, and protection was granted. The preliminary statement now filed in court shows debts to the amount of £252 only, and the bankrupt attributes his failure to having become liable on a bill of exchange for the accommodation of his son. The amount is not stated, nor the amount of assets, as the full accounts are not required until before 10 clear days before the last examination, which has not yet been appointed, the 13th Sept., at eleven, being appointed for choice of assignees. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COWARDLY ASSAULTS ON FEMALES. John Thomp son, of No 5, Kilman-:iqusre, Kilburn, described as a com mercial traveller, was charged before Mr Knox with assaulting two young women named Caroline Knight and Ellen Davis, at the Anglesee, tavern, Haymarket. Caroline Knight said she went into the Anglesea tavern, Ilaymaket, that morning, shortly before one, when she saw the prisoner strike a female. She made a remark, by way of expostulation, to the prisoner, when ho struck her in the eye with a stick and also cut another female across the mouth with the stick, The prisoner then made his escape into a stable in Anglessa-yard, and on his leaving it at 3 o'clock she gave the prisoner in charge. In answer to Mr Knox, theeonstable who took the pri soner into custody (Connell, 192 C), said the comp:ainant Davis was not in attendance. She had been hurt a good deal. The prisoner said ho was extremely sorry, but he was inebriated at the time. Mr Knox asked what the females were. Connell said they were prostitutes. Mr Knox said that prostitutes the females might be, but the prisoner had no right to assault them. He considered the prisoner had behaved in a very cowardly manner, and intoxication was no excuse for crime. He should fine the prisoner £5, or in default, a months imprisonment. A TROUBLESOME CHARAcT.En. Jane Clarke, an elderly woman, who has been en many occasions very troublesome to the police, was charged before Mr Knox with begging and using abusive language towards Mr Ferdinand Swift, 94, Princes-street, Hanover-square. Mr Swift said at an early hour this morning the prisoner asked him for alms in Princes-street. Ho gave her a half penny, that being all the change he had, when she set to abusing him in the foulest manner. He then gave her into custody. George Thorpe, 88 C, proved hearing the prisoner make use of very foul language towards Mr Swift. Tames Fryer, officer of the Mendicity, Society, said he had known the prisoner as an incorrigible beggar for about 15 years, and she had been convicted at several police-courts. The prisoner said she had a few articles for sale, and it was hard an honest person could not live without being interfered with. The constable said the prisoner had not got anything for sale. Mr Knox committed her for a month, and as she was caving the dock she threw up her eyes and exclaimed Thank God, we shall meet in heaven some day." WESTMINSTER. PICKPOCKETS AT THE HORTICULTURAL GARDENS.— Thorcas Dempsey, a young man fashionably dressed, was placed at the bar before Mr Ingham, charged with attempt ing to pick pockets at the Horticultural Gardens, South Kensington. William Bell, 281 B, said that at 20 minutes to 6 o'clock on the previous evening he was on duty in plain clothes on the terrace of the gardens, when ho observed the prisoner and a youth by whom ho was accompanied whose conduct attracted his attention. He saw them plunging into the midst of the crowd, and watched them. Prisoner went up to a lady in a black silk dress and put his right hand into her pocket. He was covered partially by his companion, notwithstanding which witness saw that prisoner's hand was empty when he withdrew it. Prisoner then changed his position, and, screened by his companion, tried another lady's pocket without success. He next walked to the centre enttance, and placing himself by the side of an elderly lady, put his hand in her pocket and withdrew it closed, and witness then seized him, while a fellow. officer inquired whether the lady had lost anything, and during that time his companion escaped. The lady said she did not miss anything from her pocket. Mr Ingham—Do you k n o w anything of the prisoner ? Witness—l believe he was in custody on the 4th of May, 1861, for picking pockets at tho Volunteer Review in Hyde Park, and had three months' hard labour. Prisoner—l deny every word he says ; I dont know any thing about ladies' pockets. Ile says there was another with me, why did he take me alone—why didn't he take him as well ; if wo were doing this why should I only be here—it ain't right. Mr Ingham—The officer says he believes you have been in custody before. Prisoner—There is not a word of truth in it. Mr Ingham—Well, now we'll see about that; I shall re , mend you for a week, and then we shall see whether you are known, and it will give time for inquiries. THAMES. STEALING GOODS IN TRANSIT —IMPORTANT PROSE CUTION.—AIfred Hunter, carman, aged 19, of No. 2, Red lead-lane, Wapping., and Alfred Ellis, confectioner, 35, were brought up on remand beforo Mr Partridge, charged, the first with stealing, and the other with receiving, well knowing it to be stolen, lcwt. 3 quarters 91b. of indigo, valued at £4O. Mr Sleigh, barrister, defended Ellis. The prosecutor in this case is Mr Thomas Anastasio Raphael, colonial merchant, of Winchester—buildings, City, and indigo merchant, of Old Ford, Bow. On Wed nesday last Hunter received directions to proceed to the factory at Old Ford, and bring away 29 cases of indigo, which were to be conveyed to the goods station of the Great Northern Railway Company in Crutched-friars, for conveyance to Liverpool, In consequence of alarm ing deficiencies in cases of indigo which Hunter carted on previous occasions, and on one to the extent of £5O, a communication was made to Inspector Honey of the K division, at the Bow station, who deputed Lewis Lambert, a police-constable, No. 311 K, to watch the proceedings of Hunter, who received eight chests of indigo only at Old Ford. He was to deliver those at the railway station and return for 21 more. Instead of proceeding direct to Crutched-friars, he drove his horse and van a very cir cuitous route by the Victoria-park gate, Hackney, Bethnal green, Hackney-road, and other places, to Whitechapel and Stepney. He then proceeded to Gloucester-street, Com mercial-road East, when he stopped his van at the premises of the prisoner Ellis, wholesale confectioner, No. 671 Glou cester-street. The folding gates of Ellis's premises were immediately opened, one of two men who accompanied Hunter carried a sack of indigo, which he took off the van, into Ellis's workshop. Hunter took a second sack of in digo off the van and carried it into the same place. The van was then driven away to the Goods Station by Hunter. Previous to his arrival there Lambert waited on the clerks and requested them to weigh the indigo, when it was delivered. They did so, and there was a deficiency of 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 9 lbs., valued at £4O. The plunder had been going on by extracting indigo from the cases during the long drive by two men, confederates of the prisoners. Lambert afterwards proceeded to the premises of Ellis in Gloucester-street and saw him and his wife. He asked Ellis if he had taken in any indigo, to which he replied I have not. Lambert instantly searched the place and found two sacks of indigo covered with old sacks "under a sort of counter." The weight was exactly 1 owt. 3 qrs. 9 lb., and it was identified by Mr Raphael's clerks as his property. Lambert asked Ellis how he accounted for the indigo, and he said he was not at home when it was delivered, and that a carman named Watson, whose waggon broke down, left it there and intended to return for it. Lambert said the indigo is stolen property, and I shall take you into custody. The hands, dress, and face of Ellis were all over indigo blue, and it was plain he had been meddling with indigo. The constable believed that £5O worth of Mr Raphael's indigo, stolen by Hunter, had found its way to the premises of Ellis on a former occasion. The defence set up by Mr Sleigh for Ellis was that the indigo was left on his premises in his absence. Ile also said Ellis was a respectable man, and had been a manu facturer of confectionery articles for the trade for many years. Inspector Honey asked for another remand. Mr Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week. He refused bail for either, and said his colleague, Mr Paget, had also refused bail on Thursday last. What does the new popular Paris cry, "Eh ! Lambert I" mean ? asks the Reader. Is it political, or what ? As to the story of the farmer and his wife visiting Paris for the first time, and the latter, getting separated in the crowd from her husband, asking everybody she met, " Have you seen Lambert ?" (her husband's name)—that, of course, is nonsense. What, then, does it mean ? Here is "La seule veritable Chanson : Eh I Lambert I' chant ea au Cale-Concert du XIXe S:, s iele," to be sold at sfr. the hundred, or 301 r. the thousand. What does it mean? The Malta Observer says :—A deliberate murder was committed on Tuesday last at the Floriana bar racks, near the parade ground, by a private of the Ist batta lion of the 22d Regiment, named John Burns. It appears that Sergeant Ludgate, of the same corps, had reported Burns for some breach of regulation, which was punished with four days' drill; and the cowardly murderer took an opportunity on Tuesday afternoon, whilst the poor sergeant wan reposing on his bed, to fire at him with his rifle and kill him on the spot. The culprit was immediately arrested by the guard, and has been handed over to the civil autho rities for trial before H.lll.'s Criminal Court and a jury. After the holding of a medical inquest on the body of the muniered sergeant, his mortal remains were interred yes terday evening with military honours. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE , BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. There was a fair attendance at the Sub9criptions Rooms to-day, but the business done was limited. and confined ex clusively to the St. Leger. sto 2 was offered on the field, and taken to £2OO about Blair Athol. In other respects betting was unimportant. Closing prices : ST. LEGER, sto 2 agst Blair Athol (taken and offered) 5 to 2 agst General Pcel (take 3 to 1 freely) 12 to 1 agat Miner (wanted) 20 to 1 agst Ely (offered) • 100 to 3 Knight of Snowdon (wanted) 100 to 3 agst Breoze (offered) 40 to 1 agst Master Richard (wanted) 50 to 1 agst Vanquisher (taken) 100 to 1 agst Calista colt (taken and wanted) The Deterioration of Racehorses, (From the Sporting Gazette.) Those who mourn over the past glories of British racers, should at least take care to arm themselves at all points be fore they provoke retorts. In another column, we give a narrative of the life and doings of Hambletonian, a horse who was never fairly beaten; and as against whom, there fore, we may reasonably take the strongest ground as the undoubted champion of his day. We doubt not that most of our readers have imagined—first, that he ran over all sorts of courses during a long and punishing career ; next, that he carried weights at which these degenerate days may look with mingled awe and wonder; and thirdly, that the competitors who strove to wrest from his honoured brow the laurel of victory were as might reasonably be ex pected through such a long career, almost countless. The stern page of history dispels, we regret to say, nearly every illusion under these several heads. In five long years, the season beginning in March and ending in October, Hambletonian ran but 17 times, and six out of these were practically matches. He never ran heats, for which, even at this distant date, we may be permitted to rejoice; and the distances which he had to cover varied from "Across the Flat" to four miles ; and with respect to this, it may be observed that the Leger course, which is now rather longer than it was then, is stated as being two miles. This may, perhaps, lead to some wholesome distrust of " times" and distances in the records of ancient performances. In the next place, Hambletonian never carried crushing weights. At three years old, ho carried Set and Bst 21b, in stead of the Bat 101 b of the present day ; and this over a mile and a half, or a so-called two mile course, In the Doncas ter Cup be carried sst 10lb ; only 31b more than two year olds are now set to carry in the Feather Plate; and we should not like to undergo the torment which the authori ties would receive at the hands of all sporting writers, our selves included, if they proposed to reduce the weight which the winner of the Leger should carry in the Doncas ter Cup from 7st 71b to Est, which would be a corresponding reduction. Weil might the lamenters then raise a wail at the manifest tendency of such a course of legislation to de teriorate the British racehorse. The highest weight he ever carried in his life was Bst 101 b, and this at seven years old. In the race for the Craven Stakes, at Newmarket, he car ried Bst 9lb A. F, Thirdly, the horses against which Hambletonian ran were few in number. Several he met twice or three times, and the account before us makes out that out of the 54 losers, whom it discloses, there are only 38 different horses. Be this as it may, it is abundantly clear that it is easier, for instance, to frighten away 7 out of 12, and beat the remain ing 4, than it is to perform a corresponding feat with 250 subscribers, and 30 cr 40 starters ; and this remark applies as well to the Derby, Oaks, and Leger winners, whom he severally defeated, as to himself. Diamond, indeed, to whom he gave 31b only, appears to have been a fair average horse ; his price was only £5OO, bought out of Hambletonian's stable; in matches, which supply the clue to merit which handicaps do now, he usually figures but moderately; and, taking the last match made for him as a specimen, he receives a year and 71b from another named Harter, And it may also be not unreasonably in ferred—from the fact that, although he had only beaten some half-dozen animals, they laid 3 to I on him at York, and 6 to 4 on him for the St, Leger—that his opponents were not first-rate. Now, the nineteenth century man may fairly ask whether such overwhelming superiority has been proved. Thor manby ran, if we remember right, thirteen times as a two year old against all sorts of horses, and won ths, Derby also, almost before the age at which Hambletonian had appeared in public —at any rate, before he did anything great; and if it be remarked, " so much the worse for our present system," it may be replied, " Yes, that may be so, but the point now at issue is, whether the animal him• self is diminished in size and power, not whether all is got out of him by us which might be." It is what logicians gall ignoratio dolga which would thus shift the true issue. Thormanby, again, carried in the AEcot Cup 211 b. more than he would have had in 1776, according to the then scale of weights. Even in matches, the winner of the past year's Leger carried 7st 71b as a four year old in the September following;—while this very day Blair Athol is made to carry a weight which Ifambletonian never carried in his life, and at an age when the latter laboured under 171 b less. We think, therefore, except upon the point of time, that the allegations of the calumniators of our pre • sent race of horses are sufficiently made out to lack suffi• cient reliable grounds for their assertions. Bat is the time snore trustworthy? No watches, no starters' flags, courses almost invariably incorrectly mea sured, and exaggerated in distance, like that at Doncaster. These are the materials out of which reports of wonderful feats, contradictory and inconsistent. are to be manufac tured, to be handed down, not in :he pages of the Calendar, or by official records, but by the uncertain tradition of father to son. The performance of Firetail is now pro- perly given us as fabulous, but it rests upon equally sure testimony with those of Childers and Company. May not they, al io, b e f a llible witn esses ? In justice to Flyin g Child ers, however, we ought to correct an error in the article which appeared in the last Quarterly Review. The " Round Course" was then 3 miles 6 fur. 93 yards. In 1806 it was " destrcyed, and the new one not finished," which entry appears for several succeeding Calendars. All mention of it then disappears until 1818, when it reappears, figuriog, as now, at 3 miles 4 fur. 187 yards. Even this, however, does not prove that the time taken is correctly represented. _ _ We shall turn to th; topic again, and shall hope to prove to demonstration that the o ld ti me is no better than the new; and the last brick of the edifi ce b eing then removed, breeders may take comfort in thinking that it is not true that they alone have stood still, that While every other domestic animal has done credit to attempt at improvement, every art and every science have advance 6, they alone have con trived to spoil the treasure which nature has given us, and ruin the noblest legacy which our forefathers' industry has handed down to the present day. The Destruction of 31 1'. Coxwell's Balloon at Leicester A meeting convened by the Mayor, Mr G. Baines, was held in the Town-hall, Leicester, on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of considering the propriety of entering into a subscription to mitigate the loss which Mr Coxwell had suffered in the destruction of his balloon at the late Fores ters' demonstration on the Leicester race course. The Mayor presided. In opening the p rocee dings his worship said h e felt desirous of giving the inhabitants of Leicester an oppor determining what should be done to remove the stigma upon the matter, and w t u h n i i c t h y he e f f e e a x r p e r d e s it s: n p r g e t e h e li e i t r r e opinion se te d s o s ss w w as ith to ouseteentering minutely int o th e the town. He thought how f ar th ey cou ld assist Mr reir Coxwell presen t hi bu h si t n s e l causes of the disturbance, or endeavouring to ascertain who was most to blame. But while from his position he felt anxious that some restitution should be made, he knew that Leicester had been subjected to most gross misrepresenta tion upon the matter, and most foul and dastardly attacks had been made upon the inhabitants through certain reports or articles in the Londen papers. Mr Councillor Crossley moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting regretted the outrage which had been perpetrated upon Mr Coxwell, and without offering any opinion as to wh ere t h e blame ought to rest, it proposed to enter into a subscription towards making up the loss. Mr Alderman E. S. Ellis seconded the motion. Mr T. Emery said he sympathised with the object of the meeting, but thought they should be careful how the town under the presidency of: the Mayor might happen to endorse by any act the vile representations which had gone forth to the country. He thought the resolution should be more distinctly worded, so as to repudiate any necessary committal of the town to the act of demolition through the fact of its subscribing towards the loss. They need not then recount all the circumstances which had brought aboat the disgraceful act, but it was known that Mr Coxwell had attempted to ascend out of a crowd of thousands of persons, and that the bad blood which had been manifested towards him had been imported into the town. But he (Kr Emery) protested against the assumption of the London pres s, that it was the working classes who were alone chargeable with this violence, an d th a t as a consequence published For they must be kept from the ex erc i se of political power. distinctly l A e l t r te C rs ox th w a e t il th h e a o d ri m gi o n s a t toroffale s stated in his reports on the groun d was a "professional gentleman," and that another of the peopleg could principal disturbers was one who paid his thr e e , : gieutien, in for a seat in the car, and con s equently belonged to the privileged orders, And yet th e working. cl asses were to b e deniedwhioh all theire classes a rights t were because ere to blame. of But tice badly Leicester m st a e a r a better bear to be called felons even, than they could endure the insinuation that they were fools. But on account of this balloon affair they had been designated as something windy and frothy. He thought that was a reflection upon the mayor and all the distinguished gentlemen who held office and gave character to Leicester. Several members of the Order of Foresters having expressed a desire to take part in the subscription, the resolution was put and carried unanimously. A committee having been formed to carry out the object, the meeting separated ou a vote of thanks to the mayor, The Extraordinary Trial for Murder in Prance. The Ls Bastide aff lir still continues to take up columns of the newspapers. On Monday considerable animation reigned in the precincts of the court, for it was reported that Jacques Latour had declared that something new was about to turn up. The prisoner had worked himself up into a great state of excitement, and had announced to Master Joffres, his defender, that "the day of glory has arrived I the sun is about to dissipate the darkness, and before the jury the accused is about to become accuser." When La tour entered the court he drew his notes from his pocket and smoothed his hair; his face had become contracted ; he was paler than usual, and could ill conceal his irritation. The evidence given on the previous day by several old fel low prisoners had greatly agitated him, and as they were giving their testimony he rose, then sat down, clenched his hands, and shook with his grasp the railing behind which ho was placed. At every moment he seemed as if he were about to spring upon the men brought forward to prove that they had seen the comb found upon the bed of the murdered Raymonde Berge in the possession of the accused. The Hercules, on the contrary, maintained his usual atti tude, sitting impassable with his arms crossed. Latour completely lost his temper, and declared he would no longer be defended, ho had no confidence except in the members of the jury. He declared that the veil was about to be torn, and that already some of its rags had fallen. The prisoner then became furious; glancing round the court— " Yes," cried he, " I am innocent, and you, gentlemen of the jury, public minister and witnesses, are about to be as tonished with this drama, half comic, half tragic." The proceedings then continued, and several witnesses were called, who all testified that they had seen the comb pro duced by the Crown with Jaques Latour. Again the pri soner became violent, declaring that he had no confidence in the judge, that it was useless to go on, that he had bet ter be killed at once. At the order of the judge the police tried to force Latour to keep his seat, but as he continued to struggle and swear, it was decided that he should be sent back to prison, and that the trial should go on without him. This calmed Latour, who had no idea of not watching his own case, and he was permitted to remain. The principal points which it was then sought to prove were that the money found on the prisoner did not belong to him, that he spoke of the crime at Baillard, before it was known to the public, that he was in the neighbourhood on the night in question, that he was a man, however frail in appear ance, of great strength, that he smoked, and that his cha racter was generally bad. With regard to the last charge, Jean Ferrier, a gendarme, had a curious tale to tell related to him by Latour. " Jacques Latour," he said, " who had been shut up at Lentein, tried to make friends with me ; he confided to me that he was a clever robber, and had plun dered a cure of 1,000 francs. He got into the cure's house by pretending to be a pedlar selling handeerchiefs. The cure would not buy any. Latour insisted, and finished by tempting the servant, to whom he gave for three francs a handkerchief that was worth six. The cure opened a cup board, and took from a purse the money to pay him. Latour resolved to appropriate it. In going away he remarked a place under the staircase where he could hide himself, and he crept into it. At night he stole out and lifted the latch of the cure's door. The latch made a little noise, and the curs, raising his head, said in a rage, ' That b-- of a ser vant has left the door open.' (Laughter.) Latour remained at the foot of the bed waiting till the cure went off again, when he opened the closet and took the puree." Latour called several witnesses in his favour, who declared he had a large sum of money before the murders at La Bas tide—that four men, strangers to the place, of suspicious mien, and who could give no account of themselves, had been seen in a wood near the chateau Baillard, and that one man had threatened a person who could be none other than Lassalle. The prosecution then commenced against Audouy, who tried hard to prove that on the night of the 25th (that of the murder) he slept at a certain house. The books of the house showed he did sleep there on that night, but then it was shown that the person who had entered the date had made a mistake, and that Audouy had only slept in the house on the night following. The Prooureur Imperial then tried to prove that Audouy also had spoken of the assassination before it was generally known. Audouy in sisted that he was innocent. The president said, " You have, perhaps, been the instrument of men being in want of your strength. You would no doubt be culpable, but you would be less so than those who conceived and coldly hatched the crime. Your duty is to make known your accomplices—justice will take your conduct into account.' Audouy replied "If there were a million of culpable per sons I would make them known if I knew them." Latour, at this indication of weakness on the part of the prosecution, must have plucked up courage. On the next day the trial went on, and Audouy appears to have made a slip. He appealed 'to Latour on a point of no interest to say if he (Audouy) knew " ces messieurs." President—Who ? ces messieurs ? Audouy—Latour, President—And who else? Come, a good movement it concerns your head. Audouy—l can say nothing more. Later in the day a strange altercation ensued between Latour and Audouy, one prisoner examining the other, the latter bringing accusations against the former. Latour—But he thought he was there. Audouy (hesitating while Latour looked at him fixedly) I dont say that Latour was there, only I heard every one speak ill of him, and say he was there. Then I said" Well, he might say I was there." Latour—Then ho speaks like a parrot. Audouy then declared ha had no confidence in Latour, and explained this by saying that he was a robber, though he never saw Latour steal. He believed all the ill spoken of him. Latour—Then if he believes that the witnesses have tes tified truly against me, he must also believe the charges brought against himself, and in that case he also is guilty. Latour, after this piece of logic, smiled, and sat down pleased with his reasoning. Audouy (upset by this incident)—What do you wish me to say; Do with me what you will. I have never known M. Latour, Cut me in bits. lam innocent, (Frolonged sensation.) The Hercules was again exhorted to confess, but declared as before that he knew nothing. On the way back to prison a violent recrimination took place between the two accused. It is reported that Latour will make serious reve lations, which will throw light upon the whole affair. Murder in Worcestershire. Yesterday a man named John Butler, keeper of one of the navigation locks on the River Severn at Holt Fleet, about six miles from Worcester, was lodged in Worcester county gaol on the coroner's warrant charged with the wil ful murder of Catherine Gulliver, his housekeeper. The accused is 62 years of age, and the deceased was about 44. The prisoner is the oldest servant of the Severn Improve ment Commissioners, and had charge of the locks at Holt. Four years ago his wife died, and the deceased woman went to live with him as his housekeeper, and there could be no doubt that they lived together as man and wife. Some jealousy arose between them. On one occasion the prisoner threatened to drown the deceased, and she had consequently appealed to the police, and the officer of the district had re monstrated with Butler, and cautioned him as to his con duct. On Saturday, the 13th inst., which was the last time the deceased was seen alive, she went to a neighbour's at half-past 11 at night, and said Butler had threatened to lock her out. She then proceeded towards Butler's house, and cries were heard proceeding thence at about 12 o'clock. The deceased was heard to say, "You --old scamp, you old villain." A lockman named Harris and his wife heard this, and also a noise like the bleating of a sheep. The noise at first appeared to proceed from between Butler's house and the lock (about 30ft distant), and gradually grew fainter. They did not interfere, thinking it was only an ordinary quarrel between the two. Mrs Gulliver was never seen afterwards alive, and when Butler was questioned about her be answered in a sullen manner, and evasively. The Harrises asked Butler on the Sunday if it was Mrs Gulliver that was bleeding at midnight, and he with some hesitation replied that it was. The neighbours do not appear to have had their suspicion aroused until three days had elapsed, when ru mours got abroad that Mrs Gulliver had been foully dealt w ith, The Rev. J. G. Rogers, the officiating clergy man in the parish, visited Butler, and questioned him about her, but he made no answer to his inquiries beyond saying that he did not know where she was. This con firming the suspicion excited, Butler was on Wednes day taken into custody. When charged by the constable with the murder of the woman he made no remark beyond the words, "Oh dear 1 Oh 1" Oa the same day the body of the deceased was found about 20 yards below the lock in the Severn at Holt. Mr Butigny, surgeon, Ombersley, who examined the body of the deceased, deposed to the condition in which he found it. He believed death to have been caused partly by a blow and partly by drowning. It was proved that the lock was full of water late on Saturday night, and that it appeared in' the same state on Sunday morning. Oa Sunday the gates were raised so as to pass water out of the lock into the river. A labouring man Knight proved that he saw the prisoner standing by the side of the lock at half-past 5 o'clock on the Sunday morn inr, He was looking anxiously into the lock, and on seeing Knight he retired to his house, peeped from the door, and ' watched him go away. The bonnet of the deceased, which had been torn from her head, was produced by the police, and the coroner having addressed the jury, they returned a verdict of wilful murder against John Butler, who was accordingly committed fur trial. VALUE OF LAND IN NORM WALES.—Measra. Leifchild and Cheffins offered a further portion of the Mostyn estates at the Town-hall, hhyl, on Tuesday, the 16th They comprised several fine farms, valuable accommodation lands, extensive woods and plantations, and nearly the entire an cient borough town of Caerwys, containing together about 2,200 acres. The estate was put up in one lot (though divided into 128 lots in the particulars of sale) at £70,000, and, after a spirited competition, was knocked down at £85,000, including the timber, to Mr Hugh Jones, of Wood-street, Cheapside, who received the hearty congratulations of a very large company on his purchase. As a proof of the inadequate rentals at present received, wo are authorised to state that 45 years' purchase was realised at this sale.— CaniNian Daily Leader. Business don( ..1 - "EKETS--Ticis Day. COVENT GARDEN. Our market is seasonably well supplied with most de scriptions of fruit, but the show of vegetables is small. The trade, on the whole, is firm at annexed rates : FRUIT, da. d. s. d. d Pine apples 5 0. to G 0' Mulberries, pr pt 0 tc 0 7 Foreign do.. each 0 9to 2 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 ot o 0 0 Grapes,per lb 2 oto 5 0 Foreign ditto, pun() oto 0 0 Foreign do 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 Bto 1 0 Melons .. • • Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0: Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 3to 2 6 , Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 Pears, per do 13to 3 0 1 Figs, per doz. .... 00to 0 Oranges, per 100 S oto 14 0 1Feaches, per d 0... 4 oto 10 o Lemons, per 100 4 ot o 8 0 ' Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries hf sve:i oto 0 o Plums per du. .. 0 oto 0 o Strawberries pr pt 0 ot o 0 0 ' Greengages., pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 4 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 Cabbages, pr doz 1 oto 1 9 , Horseradish, pd n 1 oto 1 6 Ed ditto 0 oso 0 0 ' Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 01 Celery, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdzo9to 2 0 1 Beet, per doz. 00to 0 0 Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per tonloo 0 tolso 0 ; S ma ll salad, p. pn, 0 0 to 0 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0 1 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 oto 0 c Turnips, dz bunch 3 oto 4 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots,pr do 4 oto 5 61 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 4to 1 6 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score o oto o Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 I Radishes, dz finds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sy. 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto o o French beans,h.s. 1 6to 2 0 1 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 o Onions, doz. bn 1 oto 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 01 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 01 Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 o POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; geese, 4s Od to Os Od each ; goslings,' Os Od to Os; ducks, 2s Od to 3s 6d; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each; wild do., is to is ld ; pigeons, Os 5d to Os 8d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s 6d ; chickens, 68 Od to 88 0d ; barn door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s 6d to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od ; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Od each ; guinea; fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to Os Od ; French do., 6s Cd to Os Od per 100 ; leverets, is 6d to 4s Od ; grouse, 2s Od to 3s 6d. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is Od to is Gd ; trout, Od to Od; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Gd per lb ; turbots, 108 Od to 30s ; cod, Os Od to Os Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 2s 6d to 10s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, 2s to 53 Od ; crabs, 2s to 5s Od ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, is to 5s Od per pair ; common oysters, 14s to 20s ; natives, 74s to 80s per bush. ; whitings, Gs Od to 12s; haddocks, 12s to 30s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, —s to —s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per• 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d , mutton, 3s Sd to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 58 4d ; veal, 3s Sd to 4s Gd ; and pork, 36 4d to 4s 6d per Sibs, by the carcase. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s ; mutton, 3s 81 to 4s 3d; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 4d; veal, 33 Sd to 49 6d; and pork, 313 40 to 4s 60 per Sibs by the carcase. BREAD. • The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Gid to 7d, of household do., 5d to Gd per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 611 b, 3d to ; 641 b to 721 b, 31d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 4d ; 8010 to 881 b, 4d to 42d , 881 b to 961 b, 41d to 5d ; 961 b to 1041 b, —d to Od ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, 103 Od to lls Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half••breds, —s Od to ---s Od ; Downs, —s Od to —s Od; lambs, 3s Gd to 7s Gd; sheailin,gs, 3s ld to 5s 6d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to , S6 lOs ; clover, S 5 ös to £7 7s ; and straw, £1 83 to £1 14s per load. Trade very firm. CUMBERLAND..—MemIow hay, £4 108 to £6 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £7 78 • and straw, £1 8 8 to £1 14 8 per load. A very steady dernaLd. WHlTEculrEL.—Meadowhay,£4 lOs to £6lox; clover, £5 5s to £7 7s ; and straw, £1 83 to £1 11s per load. Inquiry very active. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Aug. 27.—Wind at noon, N. 1 1 7., light breeze ; and fine. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH 4) Saturday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 26.—Jan Andraes, GRAVESEND, from Emden—Skeen, from Quebec—Eagle, from Algoa Bay—Kron Princess Louisa and the Maria, from Archangel—Fides from Hal back—Sturkodder and Garibaldi, from Gefle—Albertrus, from Libau—Queen, tram St Petersburg —Delegate, from Charlotte Town—Hared Hiddetend, from Hernosand— Carl Force—from Stelleften. • DEAL, Satrday Morni. Passed—Naparim a , from Trinidad—W. o A. Roberts, n fr g om Porto Rico—Merle, from Barhadoes—all for London—Ada Latitia, from London, for Cape of Good Hope—Don, of Shields, from Shields, for St. John's—Seaton (es.), from Bordeaux, fur Sunderland. From the report of the directors of the European Bank, to be presented to the meeting on Wednes. day next, it appears that the gross profits for the nine months of its existence have reached the sum of £32,411 23 7d, and that after deducting the expenses of management, providing for bad and doubtful debts, and rebating undue bills, the nett profits are £19,035 7s 4d. The directors have already paid an interim dividend of 15s per share, and they now propose an addition of 2s 6d per share, free of income-tax, thus making together rather more than 16 per cent. per annum on the mean capital worked during the nine months. By the terms of the amalgamation with the English and Irish Bank (Limited) the directors received a premium of £32,000. Out of this sum they pur. pose placing £21,393 10s. 10d. to a reserve fund, with a view to the total extinction of the preliminary expenses of both banks, the remaining snm of £10,606 9s. 2d. added to the balance of profits brought down, amounting together to £10,751 10s, they propose to divide amongst the holders of shares in the European Bank prior to the amalganiatioa with the English and Irish Bank, by the addition of ten shillings to each share of £lO paid, thus giving a bonus of 6 per cent. on the capital stock of the shareholders. The amount paid on every such share will then be £lO 10s, and, by the completion of the amalgamation, the paid up capital of the Bank is raised to £400,000. NEW RAILWAYII.—Mr E. Stanford, of Charing• cross, has just published a map of London, which shows at a glance the new railway projects that have re ceived the sanction of Parliament during the session of 1864. The lines in operation, as well as those previously sanc tioned, are also clearly defined, together with a great many other new schemes, such as the Albert Bridge and Ap proaches, Holborn Valley Improvement, Southwark Park, Commercial: Docks, Thames Embankment, South London Markets, &c., &c. The principal object of the map is to familiarise the public with the places in and around the metropolis affected by the new railways ; and most certainly the idea of Mr Stanford has been clearly and distinctly car ried out. By the aid of the map before us every person can, without the slightest trouble, trace the course of the new railways, as they are all indicated by a bright red line, which shows in a remarkably clear manner the direction taken. The map, like all those published by Mr Stanford, is exe cuted in the highest style of art, while it is at the same time remarkable for its accuracy. ANTIQUITY OF MAN.—We some time ago gave an account of certain observations made by MM. Garrigon and Filhol on the characteristics which distin guish bones broken longitudinally in a fresh state from those broken when already deprived of a part of their ani mal matter—the object of the observers being to prove that the broken bones found together with the remains of the great pachydermata of the drift period, had been split in a fresh state by the hand of man. In a recent paper addressed to ithe Academy of Sciences, M. Husson, one the most determined adversaries of the opinion which supposes man to have existed during the drift, describes one of his latest visits to the grottoes of Sainte-Refine, near Toul, for the purpose of examining certain ancient inscriptions said to exist in one of them, which has three issues communicating with the Grotte du Labyrinthe, and the Trou de la Fontaine. This cavern is not in its natural state, having been the quarry from which the materials for building the fortifications and two churches of the town were drawn, and it, had not been revisited for centuries past. M. Husson found various ob jects of comparatively modern date in it, such as, for in stance, an iron wedge nearly eaten through by rust, tho bones of various domestic animals, ashes and cinders, &c. Further on, where the pickaxe bad not penetrated, he found the remains of bears, and several bones split in two, which in his ()Onion had not been so by the hand of man, but by the action of dampness and the con fined atmosphere. It would therefore remain to bo seen whether tho bones supposed by the former ob servers to have been broken by human beings present the same characteristics as those seen by M. Husson. As for the inscriptions, some of them turned out to be merely the marks of animals claws ; others were longitu dinal and transversal strokes 'seemingly without any mean ing at all; and lastly, M. Husson found the name " Chrh,tophe" cut in. 6.0 much for the antiquity of these inscriptions. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—EarIy on Thursday morning a shock ing and fatal accident happened to a man named John Waite, a driver on the Great Northern Railway, residing in Doncaster. It appears that the man set off from Don caster with the 6 20 coal train for Peterborough, and having disposed of his load, was about returning, when he got off his engine to attend to a point. While at the point, from some cause or other he fell,was run over by the engine, and killed upon the spot. His injuries were of a most frightful nature. He has left a wife and six children to lament their loss. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. AUSTRIA. -- ip. - THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Days CITY BETTING—Tms DAY. sto 2 agst General Peel (taken) 5 t 3 2 agst Blair Athol (take 3 to 1) 11 to 1 agst Minor (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Baragah (taken and offered) 100 t o 6 agst Ely (offered) 20 to 1 agst Claremont (offered) BAVARIA. The Augsbury G aze tt e affirms that no apprehen sion need be entertained respecting a change of system in Bavaria. Recent measures taken by the new king prove, that journal declares, that internal questions will be treated in the same spirit as dur ing the preceding reign ; it is even stated that, at the instance of the sovereign the financial period of six years fixed for the b u d gets will probably be shortened, in conformity with t h e , demands of the Chambers. London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. GEORGE BROWNS . A meeting, attended by the heads of the various depart ments of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, and by most of the station masters on the line, was held on Thursday at the office of Mr Forbes, the general manager, for the purpose of presenting to the goods manager, Mr George Browne, a testimonial on the occasion of his leaving the service. The testimonial was in the form of a very handsome silver tea service, elegantly chased, and e brooch of solid gold, having in the centre a star of diamonds and pearls, tor Mrs Browne. 'lhe silver bore the following inscription " Presented to Mr George Browne, by the officers and men of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com pany, on his resigning the office of goods' manager, which he had held since May, 1861, as a slight testimony of their high esteem and cordial regard for him, and in remem brance of the kindness and courtesy which had invariably characterised his intercourse with them. August 21, 1664." Mr FORBES, the general manager, in presenting the tes timonial, said they knew the object of the getherins, and the occasion must be interesting to them all—it was to show their esteem fcr a gentleman who had been the brother officer, or the superior officer, of those present, and who had discharged difficult and important duties. Whether taey acted with him as an equal, or under him they could not fail to see the advantages of having in his position such a man as Mr Browne. To some of them ho was comparatively a stranger; but he (Mr Forbes) had known him for 23 years, and during that period he had proved himself a kind and consistent officer. (Hear, hear.) One naturally felt satisfaction at finding an old friend improving his fortunes, but he could not disguise that there was some alloy mixed with his pleasure on this occasion, in the shape of the extreme regret which he felt in parting with so valuable and worthy an officer. Be was quite sure that all Mr Browne's friends would desire kindly to remember Mrs Browne, and the delicato recollection of her shown, by adding a brooch to the testi monial, would, he was sure, meet with the concurrence of all present. Mr Browne left them with a lively recollection on their part of his kindness, and a sincere desire that his future might be as succesfal as he or his best friends could wish. (Cheers.) Mr BROWNE then responded, and said ho could hardly adequately express his feelings or thanks for the magnifi cent present that his brother officers had just made him. It gave him great satisfaction to feel that during the short period he had been amongst them he had won their esteem. He owed it to having followed the golden maxim of Ilim, who knew their nature better than thenaselvts, and who said, ‘. Do unto others as you would be done by." He had much to thank his fellow officers and those under him, for they had always lent him every assistance in performing his duties ; and carried out, if not anticipated, his every wish. He should always look with interest on the London, Chatham, and Dover line, for which he be lieved there was a bright future. Turning from himself to the present to his wife, if they knew the feeling of pleasure it would give him when he presented that elegant brooch to Mrs Browne, they would envy him. He was sure she would prize it very highly, not so much for its value as for the associations connected with it (Cheers.) Wine having been introduced, the health of Mr and Mrs Browne was enthusiastically drunk. Mr M: B. SMITH then proposed the health of their gene ral manager, Mr Forbes. He briefly stated that in him every officer on the line had a friend who would support them when they did their duty honestly and conscien- tiously. Referring to Mr Browne's departure, he re minded those present that that gentleman left behind him the legacy of the force of his example, the value of which they could not over-estimate, and, speaking of him, he could not do better than quote a few lines from Long fellow's poem Lives of good men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime ; And departing leave behind us Footprints in the sand of time. Footprints that, perhaps, another Sailing o'er life's solemn main A forlorn and shipwrecked brother Seeing may take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still purFuing, Learn to labour and to wait." Mr Mortimer Harris, the assistant manager, briefly re rirned thanks on behalf of the manager, and subsequently the healths of Messrs. Harris, W. /tartish Z. Bishop, W. Mills, W. E. Johnson, heads of various departments, and Mr E. W. Brooke, assistant secretary, were drunk, and the meeting separated. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening, WAR OFFICE, AUG. 26. MEMORANDUM..—Capt. John Fans Charles Hamilton, of the Royal Navy, late in command of her Majesty's ship Esk, would have been recommended to her Majesty for the distinction of Companion of the Military Division of the Order of the Bath, had he survived the operations in which he was engaged in New Zealand. FOREIGN OFFICE, Auu. 23. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Dauzat Dembarrere as Consul at Gibraltar, and M. Ernest Herat° as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope, for his Majesty the Emperor of the French. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Jose Sanchez Bazan as Consul, and Don Carlos Chacon as Vice Consul, at Glasgow, for her Majesty the Queen. of Spain. BANKRUPTS, The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Alfred Thwaites, jeweller, Clerkenwell George E. Parham, dealer in timber, Lydlinch John Thompson, innkeeper, Pudsey William Thomson, draper, Rochdale Charles John Chambers, commission agent, Manchester John Forrester, miller, Penrith Robert Woodward, dairyman, Islington Edwin Heaven, builder, Islington William Dean, upholsterer, Tottenham•court.road William Wilson, saddler, Stepney Charles Marshall, butcher, Paddington Job Cox, innkeeper, Bedford Samuel Good. furniture broker, Newport John Rodgerson, shipbuilder, Sunderland Robert Atkinson, potato dealer, East Retforcl James Ward, glass and china dealer, Liverpool Charles D. Butt, mining agent Liverpool Adam Thomson, draper, Rochdale THE EEGLISIIMAN DROWNED AT DIEPPE. -- A telegram was received in Newcastle on Tnursday, by J. Sabbago, E lq ., c hi e f constable, from the British con sul at Dieppe, conveying the sad int e lli gence that Mr Ralp h Young, a chemist, belonging to N ewcastle - upon-Tyne, b ad been accidentally drowned at that port on Wednesday, and that the body would be interred on Friday. Mr Sabbage at once communicated with Messrs Gilpin and Ce.,chemists, of Pilgrim-street, i n w h ose service the deceased ha d b ee n for a number o f y ears, having served hi s apprentice ,. ship with that fi rm , an d latterly acted in the ca p acit y of assistant. Inf ormat i on was also immediate l y f or warded to the dece ase d' s sister, who re s id es at Brixton. Mr Young was 28 years of age, an orphan, and a son of the late Rev. Wm. Young, of Sierra Leone, Africa. He had been spend ing his annual holiday trip, having left Newcastle about a formight ago for Paris, and was returning home, via Dieppe, when the d e pl ora bl e acc id e nt befel him which terminated his existenc e .—N ewcas tle Journal. EATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD ,SHIP.—Oa Thurs day Alfred Reid, aged 14, was on board the liebe schooner at the Custom-house Quay. While the crew were employed links of tho chain gave way, and a cask fell on the head a in raising some casks f rom the hold, s udde nl y one of the th e un fortunate youth, who was standing underneath, knocking him down and fracturing his skull so extensively that he almost immediately expired. SECOND EDITION• " It is affirmed," says the Tremdenblatt of Vienna, "that the Emperor Francis Joseph has replied to the King of Prussia's icvitatiou by a promise to be present at the autumn mar wavres at Berlin. It is thought that the Emperor of Russia will arrive at Berlin at the same epoch." 1011